Educational game



April 14, 1925.

C. LEDERER EDUCATIONAL GAME Filed March 6, 1922 IN VEN TOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LEDER ER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EDUCATIONAL eamn.

Application filed March 6, 1922. SeriaI'No. 81,528.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, CHARLES LEDERER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have-invented a new and useful Improvement in Educational Games, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to educational games and especially to that class of gan'ies which includes pictorial devices of sectionalcharacter adapted for interchangeablecombination and arrangement in various ways to produce different pictorial effects.

The main objects of the invention are to provide an educational device or game of the character descrlbed comprising a plurality of fundamentally similar sectional units, the mutually corresponding parts of which may be interchangeable to produce various pictorial results; to provide a series or combination of elemental card sections or blocks, each provided with a definite part of a picture, each section having one or more letters whereby words may be spelled according to the specific arrangement of the elements or cards to form a picture; to provide one or more cards or sections in each pictorial'set adapted for use in either of two relative positions; and

- to provide such letters on the several sections as to facilitate the spelling of a-large number of words in accordance with the many possible pictorial arrangements. I

In the illustrative embodiment shown in the drawings, Figures :1, 2 and 3 each show a comic figure of a man on the face of a sectional card.

Fig. 4 is a reverse view of one of the sectional cards, all of which-are alike on the back side.

Fig. 5 is a pile of card sections shufiled and ready for distribution to the players, each of whom draws a set of numerals 1 to 4.

Fig. 6 shows two views, 1 and 2, of the same head section mutually inverted or' turned upside down relative to each other. Fig. 7 shows 'a modified embodiment wherein the picture sections and corre'- sponding letters are shown on the sides of a block of cubical form. I

Fig. 8 shows a list of words. Referring to Figure 1, the card is mad in four separate sections, extending crosswise of the body, the abutting edges fitting together on the lines a, b, and c. The top section represents a head-covering or upper part of the head; the second section represents an invertible face; the third section represents a body and arms; and the fourth I section represents the legs and, feet. The

division lines or cuts are represented by the letters a, band 0.

The sectional cards shown in Figures 2 and 3 are structurally similar and differ only as to the-appearance and detail of the character or figure represented. In each instance the character or person shown is preferably of humorous or comic nature so as to add mirth to the mechanical and educational interest in the game, which is designed especially for children.

The serial designations here represented on the back enable the players to pick out each a definite set adapted to fit together to make a complete picture, it being understood that the several .are interchangeable with corres onding parts of other pictures so that the l iody of a policeman, for instance, may be attached to the legs of a clown and to the head of a man with a tall hat.

In the case of blocks such as shown in Fig. 7 one face may be left blank for the reception of a serial number, with the numbers on the backs of the card sections.

The game is used as follows: son, say three as for three sectional cards, draws any four card sections numbered to represent a set. as shown by Figures 4 and 5. These cards are then turned over and arranged in order to form a picture. The head section. may be placed either side up, as may be necessary to obtain a. word. In

Each perparts of the picture corresponding case no word results the holder, .scores no point. If he can obtain a word with the head in one position only he scores one of letters or for difierent sets of cards, so

that the games may be made progressive,

that is to say, a small set of two or three cards with asmall set of simple words may be given a small child, or beginner, and a larger set of cards with more words or rarer departing from the spiritof this invention as defined by the following claims. I claim: I

1. An educational game device comprising a plurality of sectional cards of pictorial design, the several se arable sections of whichare characterize by letters aflixed thereto, the sections of one card being interchangeable with the corresponding sections respectively of another card to produce different pictorial designs and also different words.

2. An educational game device comprisin a plurality of structurally similar sectiona cards, the several separable sections of which ferent means are indicated by letters which are normally arranged to produce a-word characterizing each card respectively, the sections being interchan able with corresponding sections respective y of different cards, whereby difictorialdesigns may. be produced and di erent words may also be (produced,

according to the pictures produce 3. An educational game device com rising a pluralit of sectional cards, each aving a ictoria design including a head section apted for inversion to produce a variation in pictorial effect, and each section having a letter on its front side and a numeral on its back side, the head section bein provided with two mutually inverted di erent letters. I

4. An educational game device comprising a pluralit of sectional cards, each having a pictoria design including a face section adapted for inversion to produce a variation in pictorial efiect, and each section having a a letter on its front side and a numeral on its back side, the head section being pro vided with an extra letter for use when the section is inverted, the sections being numbered serially.

9signed at Chicago this 1st day of March, 1

CHARLES LEDERER. 

